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Tarantula is a Portuguese power metal band established in 1981, and ranked as one of the first power metal bands. Active ever since, Tarantula has played many concerts throughout Europe with a larger emphasis in Portugal and Germany. The current members of the band are Jorge Marques (vocals), Paulo Barros (guitar), José Aguiar (bass) and Luís Barros (drums).
Jorge Marques (vocals) - Jorge is the singer of Tarantula since 1989. He is also a painter and a plastic artist. [1] His first band was the Portuguese thrash metal band Web.
Paulo Barros (guitars) - Paulo is a Portuguese guitarist and one of the founders of the band. As a solo artist Paulo has played in the 1980s and 1990s in several European countries. [2]
Luís Barros (drums) - Luis along with his brother Paulo Barros is one of the founding members of the band. Luís is also a producer and a recording engineer and has been is in charge of recording, mixing and producing many of the bands records since their inception. [3] Luís owns and runs the recording studio Rec'n'Roll where many relatively successful metal and rock bands have recorded. [4]
José Aguiar (bass) - José is the bass player of Tarantula since 1994. Before Tarantula he was a member of the Portuguese rock band Roxigénio. [5]
The music of Brazil encompasses various regional musical styles influenced by European, African and Amerindian forms. Brazilian music developed some unique and original styles such as forró, repente, coco de roda, axé, sertanejo, samba, bossa nova, MPB, música nativista, pagode, tropicália, choro, maracatu, embolada, frevo, brega, Brazilian funk, modinha and Brazilian versions of foreign musical styles, such as rock, soul, hip-hop, disco music, country music, ambient, industrial and psychedelic music, rap, classical music, fado, and gospel.
Portuguese music includes many different styles and genres, as a result of its history. These can be broadly divided into classical music, traditional/folk music and popular music and all of them have produced internationally successful acts, with the country seeing a recent expansion in musical styles, especially in popular music.
Angra is a Brazilian heavy metal band formed in 1991 that has gone through some line-up changes since its foundation. They have released nine regular studio albums, five EPs, and three live CD/DVDs to date. Led by Rafael Bittencourt, the band has gained a degree of popularity in Japan and Europe.
Mägo de Oz are a Spanish folk metal band from Begoña, Madrid formed in mid-1988 by drummer Txus di Fellatio. The band became well known for the strong Celtic feel to their music strengthened through their consistent usage of a violinist and flautist. The name for the band was chosen, according to founding member Txus, because "life is a yellow brick road, on which we walk in the company of others searching for our dreams." On the 26th of October, 2018, the band played a special concert to celebrate their 30th anniversary, playing with a symphony orchestra at the WiZink Center in Madrid.
Shaman is a Brazilian progressive and power metal band assembled in 2000 by three musicians who left the band Angra – Andre Matos, Luis Mariutti and Ricardo Confessori. The band was completed with guitar player Hugo Mariutti.
Mar de Copas is a Peruvian alternative rock band from Lima. They emerged from the South American independent music scene of the 1990s.
Samba rock is a Brazilian dance culture and music genre that fuses samba with soul, rock, and funk. It emerged from the dance parties of São Paulo's lower-class black communities after they had been exposed to rock and roll and African-American music in the late 1950s.
Andre Coelho Matos was a Brazilian singer and musician. He was involved in the heavy metal bands Viper, Angra, Shaman and Symfonia. Since 2006, Matos had been dedicating his time to his solo career. In 2012, he was ranked No. 77 at the list of 100 Greatest Voices of Brazilian Music by Rolling Stone Brasil.
Barón Rojo is a Spanish heavy metal band from Madrid that achieved international success in the 1980s. The band is led by siblings Carlos and Armando de Castro, previously from the band Coz, and is considered one of the most important representatives of Spanish hard rock. Barón Rojo in Spanish means "red baron", the name of the band being an homage to Manfred von Richthofen; the 1981 eponymous song "Barón Rojo" is about him. In 2017, they were ranked number 18 on Rolling Stone's "50 Greatest Spanish Rock Bands".
As Dez Mais is the tenth studio album by Brazilian rock band Titãs, and their first cover album. It was released in 1999, selling more than 400,000 copies. It was their last album with guitarist Marcelo Fromer, who died in 2001 just a few days before the first days of recordings of As Dez Mais' studio successor, A Melhor Banda de Todos os Tempos da Última Semana.
MTV ao Vivo is the third live album by Brazilian rock band Titãs. It was recorded during a show at Fortaleza de São José da Ponta Grossa, in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina on 12 and 13 August from that year and released as CD and DVD. The album was edited and mixed Jack Endino at Mega studios in Rio de Janeiro from August to September 2005 and mastered at Classic Master studios, in São Paulo, in September of the same year.
Nando Reis is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and one of the lead singers of Brazilian rock band Titãs and for his successful solo career, with his own band called Os Infernais. He has also produced a few albums, including some related to Cássia Eller, who has made several significant partnerships with him, and Marisa Monte. In 2012, Nando Reis was listed among the top ten Brazilian artists at the ECAD list of artists who earned the most from copyright in the first semester of that year. In 2016, he was at the 15th position, besides being 6th in the ranking of earnings from live performances and topped the ranking of earnings from music played in public places.
Fonzie is a Portuguese rock band from Lisbon. The band was formed in 1996. It consisted of vocalist and guitarist Hugo Maia, guitarist David Marques, bass guitarist Carlos Teixeira, and drummer João Marques. The band was nominated for "Best Portuguese Act" at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2003 and 2007.
Voo Nocturno is the eleventh studio album by Portuguese singer-songwriter Jorge Palma. It was released on 2 July 2007 by EMI Music Portugal.
Ciclos is the 17th studio album recorded by Nicaraguan salsa singer-songwriter Luis Enrique, The album was released by Top Stop Music on 19 May 2009. The album became his first number-one set on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart since Una Historia Diferente in 1991.
The Gilbert's Feed Band (GFB) is a Portuguese alternative and crossover rock band. The band is known for their acrobatic performances, musical fusion and burlesque attitude. The band's attitude and lyrics are associated to radical sports. Their shows feature acrobatic acts and surprises like flips, acrobatic jumps, explosions, radical wheels and unicycles. The band call their musical style "Strambolic Circus Sound".
Xutos & Pontapés are a Portuguese rock band. The band was founded in 1978, in Lisbon, by the late Zé Pedro, Zé Leonel, Kalú and Tim. Their current lineup consists of Tim, João Cabeleira (guitar), Gui and Kalú (drums).
Events in the year 1890 in Brazil.
Gonorreia Visceral is the first studio album by Portuguese grindcore band Holocausto Canibal. It was released in February 2000 by So Die Music. The album was recorded in 1999 at Rec'n'Gore Studios, in Vila do Conde, Portugal, and was produced by Paulo Brandão. The album was preceded by the oPus I demo tape, released in 1998.
Project46 is a heavy metal band from São Paulo, Brazil. Since forming in 2008 by guitarists and childhood friends, Jean Patton and Vinicius Castellari, the quintet has released one E.P. and three full-length albums and have played several large rock and metal festivals in and around Brazil and South America. Known for their politically and socially controversial lyrics, Project46’s popularity outside of Brazil has been steadily growing. The band debuted on American satellite radio in 2015 by José Manguin of Sirius XM Radio's Liquid Metal, who played "Caos Renomeado" from their 2014 album, "Que Seja Feita A Nossa Vontade".
